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The Long Road to Bethlehem: Part five

As her time in Bethlehem winds down, Mya begins to wonder whether she really wants to move to the U.S with her Palestinian fiancé. But when the Gaza war breaks out, she finds herself being pushed out by people she had grown to trust. And yet, nearly a decade after she arrived, leaving has never seemed so hard.

By Mya Guarnieri Jaradat January 28, 2016

Palestinian protesters marching and chanting during a Nakba Day demonstration near the Israeli military checkpoint at Qalandiya, West Bank, May 15, 2011. Nakba, Arabic for "catastrophe," is the term given to the forced displacement of some 750,000 Palestinian refugees from 500 communities by Zionist forces before, during and after the 1948 War. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

‘As long as we choose violence Israel will always defeat us’

Mubarak Awad, one of the main organizers of nonviolent resistance during the First Intifada until Israel exiled him, talks about why only nonviolence can defeat the occupation, how Palestinians must convince Israelis that peace is their own interest, and his fears that without a new nonviolent movement more and more Palestinian youths will be drawn…

By +972 Magazine October 31, 2015

Clashes erupted between hundreds of Palestinians and the Israeli army during a demonstration in Solidarity with the Gaza Strip at Huwwara military checkpoint, Nablus, West Bank in the early morning of July 24, 2014. (photo: Activestills)

Is the West Bank ripe for an intifada?

Media and politicians have been quick to claim that Palestinian protests against Operation Protective Edge mark the beginning of a third intifada. But in Beit Sahour, the town that was the heart of the First Intifada, some are skeptical that today’s demonstrations will turn into tomorrow’s revolution. Some ten thousand Palestinians marched from Ramallah on…

By Mya Guarnieri Jaradat July 27, 2014

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Children from Aida Refugee Camp fly kites over the Israeli separation wall during a Nakba commemoration event, May 14, 2014.

Death in Gaza, fireworks in Bethlehem

Though tawjihi, matriculation, celebrations seem light on the surface, they point to a bleak political reality in the West Bank. I heard the first gunshots at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, 30 minutes before the “humanitarian ceasefire” went into effect. My elderly landlady stuck her head out the window. “What’s going on?” she shouted to where…

By Mya Guarnieri Jaradat July 19, 2014

Residents of Beduin village of Al Araqib react as Israeli authorities destroy the village for the 65th time, Negev, June 12, 2014. The Israeli land administration, backed up with large police forces entered the village early morning and destroyed all structures including the mosque. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Photos of the week: Devastation for the Negev Bedouin

This week: The Bedouin village of Al-Arakib is destroyed for the 65th time, Palestinians and Israelis commemorate 47 years of occupation, administrative detainees on hunger strike, Israeli soldiers break their silence in public, demonstrations against asylum seekers in south Tel Aviv and more.

By Activestills June 13, 2014

A Christmas journey part 9: O little town

<< The Christmas Journey Home Jerusalem – Bethlehem – Hebron, the very heart The time has come to follow the star to Bethlehem. I’m planning to be there for the grand finale, of course, but knowing just how uber-overcrowded the city becomes on Christmas Eve, I figured a pre-holiday visit would offer more insight. Besides,…

By Yuval Ben-Ami December 19, 2011

Riding through the West Bank (Photo: Olivia Snaije)

Cycling the West Bank: Uphill rides and uphill battles

An eight day cycling trip through the West Bank turned out to have a lot more surprises than Louise Rafkin ever expected By Louise Rafkin I was sharing my itinerary with the young Israeli next to me on the plane – Tel Aviv, bicycling the West Bank, Jerusalem – a month in all. Yes, I…

By +972 Magazine August 5, 2011